Overview
- The Predators beat the Ducks 4-2, completing a Southern California sweep and extending Nashville’s winning streak to six games while snapping Anaheim’s five-game run.
- Justus Annunen made 27 saves for his fourth straight strong start and helped limit the Ducks’ high-octane attack on Wednesday at Honda Center.
- Shane Wright, Nils Höglander and Jayden Struble each had a goal and an assist, and Wright’s assist was his first point in his fifth game since joining Nashville on Nov. 1.
- Cutter Gauthier kept his personal tear alive by scoring for a seventh straight game, but Anaheim’s team scoring cooled and the Ducks went 0 for 3 on the power play.
- Anaheim’s recent stretch had produced eight straight games with five or more goals, a run not seen since the late 1980s, and the loss leaves the Ducks to regroup during a four-game homestand while Nashville heads to Las Vegas.